Legal Opinion

Pilgrim v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided November 15, 1938No. 8 Div. 738PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

BRICKEN, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted, in the lower court, for the violation of the second clause of section 3193 of the Code 1923, which makes it unlawful for any person to use abusive, insulting, or obscene language in the presence or hearing of a woman.

Upon the trial, the State offered ample evidence to sustain the charge, and the court properly submitted the case to the jury for its consideration.

The accused testified as a witness in his own behalf, and denied that he had used the language in the presence of a woman, imputed to him by the witnesses who testified for the State.…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Golson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Pilgrim v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939

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